MTX=@MTX@
+#
+# The purpose of this function to wait a maximum
+# time for the drive. It will
+# return as soon as the drive is ready, or after
+# waiting a maximum of 180 seconds.
+# Note, this is very system dependent, so if you are
+# not running on Linux, you will probably need to
+# re-write it.
+#
+# If you have a FreeBSD system, you might want to change
+# the $(seq 180) to $(jot 180) -- tip from Brian McDonald
+#
+wait_for_drive() {
+ for i in $(seq 180); do # Wait max 180 seconds
+ if mt -f $1 status >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ break
+ fi
+# echo "Device $1 - not ready, retrying..."
+ sleep 1
+ done
+}
+
+
if test $# -lt 2 ; then
echo "usage: mtx-changer ctl-device command slot archive-device drive"
echo " Insufficient number of arguments arguments given."
rtn=$?
#
# Increase the sleep time if you have a slow device
+# or remove the sleep and add the following:
+# wait_for_drive $device
sleep 15
exit $rtn
;;
${MTX} -f $ctl status | grep " *Storage Element [0-9]*:.*Full" | awk "{print \$3 \$4}" | sed "s/Full *\(:VolumeTag=\)*//"
# Comment out the previous line and add a line here
# to print "fake" barcodes.
+#
+# If you have a VXA PacketLoader and the above does not work, try
+# turning it off and enabling the following line.
+# ${MTX} -f $ctl status | grep " *Storage Element [0-9]*:.*Full" | sed "s/*Storage Element //" | sed "s/Full :VolumeTag=//"
;;
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